Helping foreign-born professionals succeed in U.S. companies

Work With Marie: Individual Programs

Whether you’re leading or working as part of a multicultural team; working with international clients, vendors, or colleagues; or you’re a foreign-born professional working in the US… let’s talk! We can work together to customize a one-to-one coaching program that will meet your specific needs.

Research shows that cultural agility is no longer just a nice-to-have. It’s critical to your success in this ever-expanding global economy. I’ll work with you to assess and develop your Cultural Intelligence (CQ), which can lead to new opportunities, higher wage potential, and greater success in today’s diverse corporate environments.

I’ve worked with hundreds of foreign-born professionals over my career; side-by-side as well as managing them during my 28 years in corporate Information Technology; and as a Coach since 2008, assisting them in career and leadership development here in the U.S. I’ve also worked with hundreds of leaders, first-time through VP level, to develop leadership presence and skills.

My most popular programs are listed below. That said, everything I do is customized, and I’ll work with you in support of whatever areas you have the most need, creating a program just for you!

Cultural Agility in Leadership (3-Month Program)

Are you managing a team of individuals from different countries, diverse cultural backgrounds? Diversity on teams is highly beneficial to creativity, effectiveness, and bringing out the best in each team member. Yet, if you aren’t comfortable with how to work with and lead the different approaches, it can feel like you’re working in a foreign land yourself. The differences can become magnified, the team can feel disjointed and out of sync, resulting in miscommunication, rework, missed deadlines, disgruntled team members, and frustration for everyone.

This 3-month, individualized leadership program is all about giving you, as a leader, the skills, know-how and confidence to get the best out of your culturally diverse team. The program will bring you out of your cultural comfort zones, assess and develop your Cultural Intelligence, and build understanding of what is needed for successful leadership in culturally diverse environments.

No two leaders are the same. That’s also true for this program. Understanding your specific needs as a leader is the first step in our engagement. The program will be customized to include components that address your specific development goals. With that in mind, here are areas often covered in this program:

Leadership for Foreign-Born Professionals

Struggling with how to position yourself for corporate Leadership roles in the U.S.? Unsure about how to gain more visibility and recognition? Does it sometimes seem as though you’re not quite fitting in with corporate USA? A fish out of water? There may be cultural differences that could, unknowingly, be blocking your opportunities and success.

This program will help you:

Identify cultural differences that may be holding you back from career growth

Having Marie as my career coach was one of the best and important thing that happened in my career. During the coaching program she provided valuable insights and techniques to manage my professional career. She is very personable to work with and gets very creative in providing you with ideas and workable solutions to your everyday problems in your professional life. Thank you, Marie!

Elvis Joseph

IT Manager

Marie is very passionate about what she does and also ignites the passion in you to become a better leader. Her commitment and integrity kept me engaged and more active during the sessions. I am so impressed with her style of coaching that I have started adopting some of them at my work place. I give due credit to her for that. It was a pleasure knowing you and working with you!